George Svigos

Executive Director of Communications, GM International

George Svigos is Executive Director of Communications, GM International, a role he assumed in 2020. He leads a team of communications professionals across South America, Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, which is focused on corporate, consumer and internal communications, as well as corporate social responsibility.  His objective is to develop and implement communications strategies in support of GM’s vision of creating a world of Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion.

 George joined GM in 2013 and has held leadership roles in communications and government relations across a number of markets in the international region. Previous to joining GM, he held senior public affairs roles in the energy and banking sectors. Prior to this, he was a political adviser in state and federal politics in Australia.

 George has a degree in Journalism from the University of South Australia and in 2021 obtained an Accelerated Management Development Certificate from the University of Michigan Stephen M Ross School of Business.